Types of Vow
Issue No. 2273- Vow is of two kinds: 1- A vow which is done in a conditional form, for example one says, “if my patient gets well, I will undertake to do such and such work for Allah”, this is called “Vow of gratitude”, or if I commit such and such a bad work, I will undertake to do a certain good act for Allah, and this is called “Vow for forbiddance”.2- An absolute vow, and that is a kind of vow in which a person, without any restriction or condition, says for example, "I vow to offer Night Prayers for the sake of Allah ". All of these vows are in order.